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{{Short description|Stadium in Khartoum, Sudan}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name       = Khartoum Stadium<br>استاد الخرطوم
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| fullname           = Khartoum International Stadium
| location           = [[Khartoum]], [[Sudan]]
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| broke_ground       = 1948
| built              = 1956
| opened             = {{start date and age|1956|9|28|df=yes|p=yes}}
| renovated          = 2007, 2010
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| surface            = [[Lawn|Grass]]
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| former_names       = Municipal Stadium
| tenants            = [[Al Khartoum SC]]<br>[[Sudan national football team]]
| seating_capacity   = 23,000<ref name="soccerway1">{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/teams/sudan/khartoum-3/10399/venue/ |title=Sudan - Al Khartoum Al Watani SC - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway |publisher=Uk.soccerway.com |date=2013-01-09 |access-date=2016-08-06}}</ref>
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The '''Khartoum International Stadium''' is a [[multi-purpose stadium]] in [[Khartoum]], [[Sudan]].  It is currently used mostly for [[football (soccer)|football]] matches.  The stadium has a capacity of 23,000<ref name="soccerway1"/> people. It is also the home stadium of the [[Sudan national football team|Sudanese national football team]] and of the club [[Al Ahli SC (Khartoum)|Al Ahli SC Khartoum]]. In 2010, it was renovated for the 2011 African cup of nations championships.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldstadiums.com/africa/countries/sudan.shtml |title=World Stadiums – Stadiums in Sudan<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2007-02-11 |archive-date=2020-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705055715/http://www.worldstadiums.com/africa/countries/sudan.shtml |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
The stadium was inaugurated in 28 september 1956 under the name of '''Municipal Stadium''' to host the first African football competition of nations, the [[1957 African Cup of Nations]]. It also hosted the [[1970 African Cup of Nations]] and the [[2011 African Nations Championship]]. The stadium is used for both men's and women's football.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://500wordsmag.com/sudan-news/first-ever-sudanese-womens-football-league-kicks-off/|title = First-Ever Sudanese Women's Football League Kicks off}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://alwan.elwatannews.com/news/details/4220450/%D8%B9%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%87-63-%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7-%D8%AD%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84-%D9%85%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%A8-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9-%D9%8A%D8%AD%D8%AA%D8%B6%D9%86-%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%85%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A3%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A9 |title=عمره 63 عاما.. حكاية أول ملعب بالقارة يحتضن بطولة الأمم الأفريقية |language=ar |work=El Watan |publisher=Dina Abdel Khaleq |date=30 July 2019 }}</ref>

==Tournament results==
===1957 Africa Cup of Nations===
The stadium was the only venue for the [[1957 Africa Cup of Nations]].

The following matches were played at the stadium during the 1957 Africa Cup of Nations:

{{clear}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Date
!Team #1
!Result
!Team #2
!Round
!Attendance
|-
|10 February 1957||{{fb|Sudan|1956}}||style="text-align:center;"|1–2||{{fb|Egypt|1922}}||[[1957 Africa Cup of Nations|Semifinals]]||style="text-align:center;"| 30,000
|-
|10 February 1957||{{fb|Ethiopia|1897}}||style="text-align:center;"|2–0<sup>'''1'''</sup>||{{fb|South Africa|1928}}||[[1957 Africa Cup of Nations|Semifinals]]||style="text-align:center;"| N/A
|- bgcolor=gold
|16 February 1957||{{fb|Egypt|1922}}||style="text-align:center;"|4–0||{{fb|Ethiopia|1897}}||[[1957 Africa Cup of Nations|Final]]||style="text-align:center;"| 30,000
|}
<sup>1</sup> South Africa were disqualified due to the country's apartheid policies: CAF awarded Ethiopia a 2–0 victory.

===1970 Africa Cup of Nations===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;"
|-
!Date
!Team #1
!Result
!Team #2
!Round
!Attendance
|-
|rowspan="2" |6 February 1970||{{fb|CMR|1961}}||style="text-align:center;"|3–2||{{fb|CIV}}||rowspan="6" |[[1970 Africa Cup of Nations#Group A|Group A]]||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 14,464
|-
|{{fb|SUD|1956}}||style="text-align:center;"|3–0||{{fb|ETH|1897}}
|-
|rowspan="2" |8 February 1970||{{fb|CMR|1961}}||style="text-align:center;"|3–2||{{fb|ETH|1897}}||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 9,864
|-
|{{fb|CIV}}||style="text-align:center;"|1–0||{{fb|SUD|1956}}
|-
|rowspan="2" |10 February 1970||{{fb|CIV}}||style="text-align:center;"|6–1||{{fb|ETH|1897}}||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 9,770
|-
|{{fb|SUD|1956}}||style="text-align:center;"|2–1||{{fb|CMR|1961}}
|-
|rowspan="2" |14 February 1970||{{fb|CIV}}||style="text-align:center;"|1–2 {{aet}}||{{fb|GHA}}||rowspan="2" | [[1970 Africa Cup of Nations#Semifinals|Semifinals]]||rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 12,350
|-
|{{fb|UAR|name=United Arab Republic}}||style="text-align:center;"|1–2 {{aet}}||{{fb|SUD|1956}}
|- bgcolor=tan
|16 February 1970||{{fb|UAR|name=United Arab Republic}}||style="text-align:center;"|3–1||{{fb|CIV}}||[[1970 Africa Cup of Nations|Third place match]]||style="text-align:center;"| 12,187
|- bgcolor=gold
|16 February 1970||{{fb|SUD|1956}}||style="text-align:center;"|1–0||{{fb|GHA}}||[[1970 Africa Cup of Nations|Final]]||style="text-align:center;"| 12,187
|}

===2011 African Nations Championship===
{{clear}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;" width="100%"
|-
!Date
!Team #1
!Result
!Team #2
!Round
!Attendance
|-
|4 February 2011||{{fb|SUD}}||style="text-align:center;"|1–0||{{fb|GAB}}||rowspan="5" | [[2011 African Nations Championship#Group A|Group A]]||rowspan="9" style="text-align:center;"| N/A
|-
|5 February 2011||{{fb|UGA}}||style="text-align:center;"|0–2||{{fb|ALG}}
|-
|rowspan="2" |8 February 2011||{{fb|GAB}}||style="text-align:center;"|2–2||{{fb|ALG}}
|-
|{{fb|SUD}}||style="text-align:center;"|1–0||{{fb|UGA}}
|-
|12 February 2011||{{fb|SUD}}||style="text-align:center;"|0–0||{{fb|ALG}}
|-
|14 February 2011||{{fb|CMR}}||style="text-align:center;"|2–0||{{fb|CIV}}|| [[2011 African Nations Championship#Group B|Group B]]
|-
|18 February 2011||{{fb|RSA}}||style="text-align:center;"|0–2||{{fb|ALG}}||rowspan="2" |[[2011 African Nations Championship#Quarter-finals|Quarterfinals]]
|-
|19 February 2011||{{fb|TUN}}||style="text-align:center;"|1–0||{{fb|COD}}
|-
|22 February 2011||{{fb|ALG}}||style="text-align:center;"|1–1<br> (3–5 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]])||{{fb|TUN}}|| [[2011 African Nations Championship#Semi-finals|Semifinals]]
|}

== Other Sudanese stadiums ==

The Khartoum Stadium is the third largest stadium in Sudan.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Stadium!!City!!Capacity!!Home Team
|-
| [[Al-Merrikh Stadium]]||[[Omdurman]]||43,000||[[Al-Merrikh SC]]
|-
| [[Al-Hilal Stadium]]||[[Omdurman]]||25,000||[[Al-Hilal Club (Omdurman)|Al-Hilal]]
|-
| Khartoum Stadium||[[Khartoum]]||23,000||[[Khartoum NC]]
|-
| [[Port Sudan Stadium]]||[[Port Sudan]]||20,000||[[Hay Al-Arab SC]], [[Hilal Alsahil SC]]
|-
| [[Wad Madani Stadium]]||[[Wad Madani]]||15,000||[[Al-Ittihad SC]]
|-
| [[Atbara Stadium]]||[[Atbara]]||15,000||[[Alamal SC Atbara]]
|-
| [[Stade Al-Merghani Kassala]]||[[Kassala]]||11,000||
|-
|}

{{s-start}}
{{succession box
 | title = [[Africa Cup of Nations]]<br />Final venue
 | years = [[1957 Africa Cup of Nations|1957]]
 | before = None|
 | after = [[Mokhtar El Tetsh Stadium|Prince Farouk Stadium]] <br /> [[Cairo]], {{fb|UAR}}
}}
{{succession box
 | title = [[Africa Cup of Nations]]<br />Final venue
 | years = [[1970 Africa Cup of Nations|1970]]
 | before = [[Addis Ababa Stadium|Hailé Sélassié Stadium]] <br /> [[Addis Ababa]], {{fb|ETH|1897}}
 | after = [[Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium|Stade Omnisports]] <br /> [[Yaoundé]], {{fb|CMR|1961}}
}}
{{s-end}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.kooora.com/default.aspx?showstadiums=1&searchcountry=SD&stadium=489 Profile's stadium] - ''kooora.com''

{{Sudan national football team}}

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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Khartoum]]
[[Category:Sport in Khartoum]]